Synonyms for meet

Synonyms for (noun) meet

Synonyms: sports meeting, meet

Definition: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Similar words: athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics

Definition: a contest between athletes


Synonyms for (verb) meet

Synonyms: satisfy, fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet

Definition: fill or meet a want or need

Similar words: cater, supply, provide, ply

Definition: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

Usage: The hostess provided lunch for all the guests


Synonyms: meet

Definition: meet by design; be present at the arrival of

Usage: Can you meet me at the train station?

Similar words: assemble, gather, foregather, forgather, meet

Definition: collect in one place

Usage: We assembled in the church basement; Let's gather in the dining room


Synonyms: suffer, meet

Definition: undergo or suffer

Usage: meet a violent death; suffer a terrible fate

Similar words: see, go through, experience

Definition: go or live through

Usage: We had many trials to go through; he saw action in Viet Nam


Synonyms: assemble, gather, foregather, forgather, meet

Definition: collect in one place

Usage: We assembled in the church basement; Let's gather in the dining room

Similar words: interact

Definition: act together or towards others or with others

Usage: He should interact more with his colleagues


Synonyms: match, meet, cope with

Definition: satisfy or fulfill

Usage: meet a need; this job doesn't match my dreams

Similar words: deal, contend, cope, make do, make out, manage, grapple, get by

Definition: come to terms with

Usage: We got by on just a gallon of gas; They made do on half a loaf of bread every day


Synonyms: meet, conform to, fit

Definition: satisfy a condition or restriction

Usage: Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?

Similar words: correspond, tally, jibe, match, fit, gibe, agree, check

Definition: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Usage: The two stories don't agree in many details; The handwriting checks with the signature on the check; The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun


Synonyms: encounter, meet, receive

Definition: experience as a reaction

Usage: My proposal met with much opposition

Similar words: experience, have

Definition: undergo

Usage: The stocks had a fast run-up


Synonyms for (adj) meet

Synonyms: meet, fitting

Definition: being precisely fitting and right

Usage: it is only meet that she should be seated first

Similar words: just

Definition: used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting

Usage: a just and lasting peace- A.Lincoln; a kind and just man; a just reward; his just inheritance


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